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Down to business, Issue 42, 24 June 2008

Why Gordon Brown gathered business leaders together in a bid to fight poverty and boost commerce. Report by Martin Wroe.

Still volunteering at 50, Issue 42, 24 June 2008

VSO celebrates its 50th birthday this year.

Click for climate, Issue 42, 24 June 2008

How will climate change affect the planet and its people over the next century?

Strong language, Issue 42, 24 June 2008

When Boomtown Rats frontman Bob Geldof organised Live Aid in 1985 it catapulted him into a second, high profile career in global activism

History in the making, Issue 42, 23 June 2008

Prime Minister Gordon Brown says it is time to reimagine the international institutions and build a truly ‘global society’.

Mind the gap, Issue 42, 23 June 2008

International institutions are falling short in four major areas, argues Kumi Naidoo.

Captive images, Issue 42, 23 June 2008

Beatrice Newbery reports from the world’s most remote film festival, in a refugee camp in Western Sahara.

The greening of the World Bank, Issue 42, 23 June 2008

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director at the World Bank, on why tackling climate change is fundamental to development and fighting poverty.

Debt cancellation task “not over”, Issue 42, 23 June 2008

Campaigners marked the tenth anniversary of the ‘Drop the Debt’ movement.

Route one, Issue 42, 23 June 2008

Professor Jeffrey Sachs says the UN should, and could, ‘deliver as one’.